Friday, 8 April 2016

Pope Pius XII on WW2 and the Olivet Discourse

As most readers are aware, one of the central arguments of the first version of my book (which has been furthered throughout this blog) is that the world wars which took place over the course of the 20th century were directly related to the "wars and rumours of wars" mentioned by Christ in His Olivet discourse as being one of the birth pangs of the Second Coming. These wars are said to take place when "the end is not yet", but would ultimately result in a major falling away from the faith: "because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold". (Matt 24:12). It is well enough known that both Benedict XV and Pius XII shared the belief that the wars which took place throughout the courses of their respective pontificates were the ultimate fulfilment of this prophecy. As Pope Benedict XV famously stated in his 1914 encyclical Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum: "Certainly those days would seem to have come upon us of which Christ Our Lord foretold: "You shall hear of wars and rumours of wars - for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom" (Matt. xxiv, 6, 7). Another quote by Pius XII is frequently cited to confirm that he shared this belief:

“We believe that the present hour is a dread phase of the events foretold by Christ. It seems that darkness is about to fall on the world. Humanity is in the grip of a supreme crisis.”

While the above quote is well enough known in the English speaking world (at least amongst those interested in Catholic prophecy), it appears to differ somewhat from Pius XII's original homily, which has never been translated from Italian in the Vatican's official website. The quote never appears with a citation of the original source (which is bad practice from a scholarly perspective), so it was difficult to track down. While I can't read Italian, a quick comparison with the original text by using Google translate seems to highlight that although there are some considerable differences, the key passage is authentic enough, and the Holy Father did seem to be genuinely convinced that the events of WW2 were in fact the ultimate fulfilment of Christ's prophecy of the "wars and rumours of wars". Below is a copy of Pius XII's original text accompanied by the (flawed) translation using Google translate. If any readers know Italian, I would be deeply grateful if they could provide a proper translation, as I was hoping to use this quote in the forthcoming revised version of my book.

(The full text of the original document in Italian can be found here, and is worth reading even if only using Google translate)

And there, in that
same speech on Olivet, in view of Jerusalem, he warns them to watch that anyone
not seduce them. « Perché, diceva
loro, sentirete parlare di guerre e di rumori di guerre. "When you hear of wars and
rumors of wars. Badate di non turbarvi; Take
heed that ye be not troubled; giacché bisogna che queste cose succedano; since it is necessary that these things
happen; ma
non è ancora la fine: Audituri enim estis praelia et opiniones praeliorum.
but it is not yet the end:No; No; la consumazione dei secoli non è ancora giunta.the end of time is not yet come.Cristo, se è asceso in cielo, sta sempre con
noi tutti i giorni, anche in mezzo alle guerre e ai rumori di guerre.
Christ, when He ascended into heaven, is always with us every day, even in the
midst of wars and rumors of wars.…Non dobbiamo
turbarcene, come non se ne turbarono gli Apostoli, nella predicazione del
Vangelo.however, we feel deep
in our mind that the present time is a phase of serious human history foretold
by Christ. E voi, diletti figli, non
ignorate quanto questa nuova e fierissima guerra, che pesa sull'Europa e sul
mondo, gravi necessariamente anche sul Nostro cuore, per quel paterno affetto,
derivante dall'ufficio impostoCi da Dio verso tutte le genti; And you,
dear children, do not ignore what this new and fierce war, which weighs on
Europe and the world, be necessarily severe on our heart, for that is paternal affection, arising
from the office imposed on us by God to all nations;giacché ben sapete che dell'affetto e dell'amore è figlio il
dolore. because you know that affection and love is the labour pains".

And it is interesting to note that according to Wikipedia, the name of the city of Babylon is believed to have originally come from an Akkadian word that meant “Gate of God” or “Gateway of the God”…

The English Babylon comes from Greek Babylṓn (Βαβυλών), a transliteration of the Akkadian Babili.[5] The Babylonian name in the early 2nd millennium BC had been Babilli or Babilla, which appears to be an adaption of an unknown original non-Semitic placename.[6] By the 1st millennium BC, it had changed to Babili under the influence of the folk etymology which traced it to bāb-ili (“Gate of God” or “Gateway of the God“).[7]

So now we are setting up a “gateway” or a “portal” for the chief God of ancient Babylon in the heart of our most important city next month.

Does anyone else out there find this more than just a little bit creepy?

It just seems so surreal that an arch from the Temple of Baal that is nearly five stories high is going to be erected in Times Square in April. But this is actually happening. The following comes from the New York Times…

NEXT month, the Temple of Baal will come to Times Square. Reproductions of the 50-foot arch that formed the temple’s entrance are to be installed in New York and in London, a tribute to the 2,000-year-old structure that the Islamic State destroyed last year in the Syrian town of Palmyra. The group’s rampage through Palmyra, a city that reached its peak in the second and third century A.D., enraged the world, spurring scholars and conservationists into action.

This sounds like the plot for some really twisted episode of “Stargate” and not something that is supposed to happen in the real world.

Yeah, its going well Cetera. The reason its taking me so long is that I'm constantly discovering new bits of supporting evidence that I feel should be included in the book. It's now over twice the length of the original version, and still going. It's looking like it will be at least May before I can get it ready for publication.

EmmettThank you for this site!Take your time with the book. If you need til June or July or August for a Fall publication -- I think, because of how good it is -- its important. And I am sure all of us would rather another 100 bits of good information in September October! Looking forward to it.United in PrayerMichael Patrick

EmmettAlso - wondering if you can ponder over this thought that I have -- and have shared on this site before -- maybe if you think there is validity to it -- you could write a good article on it to post on here -- just a thought.I believe, there is a VERY good possibility that a serious attack on Christians and the Church (possibly even to the point of real martyrdom) will start 2029. I think this because of our Lord's words to Lucia in 1931. Our Lady returned to Sr Lucia in 1929 - and asked her that NOW (1929) was the time to tell the Pope to make the consecration to her Immaculate Heart. (which we know was not done at that time -- and some believe that it has still not FULLY been done -- others, as you know, believe the 1984 consecration fulfills it.) Regardless. In 1931, what DID occur, is that our Lord came to Sr Lucia and said to her, " Make it known to My ministers, given that they follow the example of the King of France in delaying the execution of My command, they will follow him into misfortune. It is never too late to have recourse to Jesus and Mary.’ What did He mean by this? We know that He said the same to St Margaret Mary in France. And the King of France, only 100 years later, finally tried to make the consecration -- but it was too late - and he was killed. Since our Lord Himself is referring to this -- what other explanation could there be -- but that He is making a direct - timeline - connection. 100 years. Too late. Which from our Lady's request of 1929 would make it 2029. I say this also because - with the confusion now going on in the Church -- not helped by the brand new apostolic exhortation Joy of Love -- there is further and further division occurring within the Church herself. And with the full acceptance of gay life and gay marriage ALL over the world - and the acceptance of pretty much ANY lifestyle, I think that anyone not be "tolerant" and "accepting" of any lifestyle because of Christian beliefs is being right now and will more and more continue to be seen as "full of hate and intolerance". This, I think, will continue to build to a possible boiling point within 13 years. I say this because of the obvious place all of this is going and because of our Lord's words.Even now anyone standing up for Christian morality is being attacked on all social media. What will it be like in 13 years! And we know from our Lady's numerous apparitions that we are about to enter an unbelievable storm -- which will purify the world and the Church. Maybe an article for you to write on regarding this in the coming months/year. United in prayerMichael Patrick

Emmett continued from the message above below is something I found on the internet that explains what happened in France re St Margaret Mary and the 100 years.

Our Lord was here (see above regarding his words in 1931 to Sr Lucia ) making an explicit reference to the requests of the Sacred Heart given through Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque on June 17, 1689 to the King of France. As a result of the refusal of King Louis XIV – as well as the refusal of both his son and grandson, King Louis XV and King Louis XVI – to publicly consecrate France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as was requested by Heaven by means of a recognized French Saint of that time, the Protestant and Masonic Counter-Church successfully carried out the great upheaval of the French Revolution.

On June 17, 1789, (the Feast of the Sacred Heart) exactly ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY from when Saint Margaret Mary had written down the great designs of Heaven for the King, the Third Estate rose up and proclaimed itself a National Assembly, stripping King Louis XVI of his legislative power. On January 21, 1793, France, ungrateful and rebellious to its God, dared to decapitate its most Christian King as if he were a criminal. At Rianjo, Jesus warns us that this dark chapter of history will repeat itself, and this time the ministers of His Church – the bishops, and perhaps even the Pope himself – will be among its hapless victims.It would appear that this execution of the Pope, "the Bishop dressed in White", together with other bishops, priests, religious and lay people – as if they were common criminals – is what is foretold in the vision of Fatima released on June 26, 2000.(the 3 paragraphs above are taken from the website www.fatima.org)

A serious thing to ponder. But our Lord's words can only really mean one thing, because He Himself is making this direct connection. United in prayerMichael Patrick

Michael Patrick - There's a section in the new version of my book which deals precisely with the significance of the 100 year period detailed in the Rianjo apparitions and a possible link to the year 2029.

This leaves me curious about one thing. We're all, it seems, pretty much agreed that something significant will take place in 2017 with the anniversary of Fatima. And we're also more-or-less agreed that something unpleasant will happen in 2029. But 2029 seems rather clear-cut compared to 2017.

The restoration of the Church must take place before the rise to power of the Antichrist. This is the next big event to take place in the sequence outlaid in Scripture. If I was going to lump for anything, I would say this would be it.

Emmett;In your book you cite The prophet Hosea's declaration of the northern kingdoms dissolution of divine protection because of its following of Baal.In light of the recent information regarding the USA (new york) and the U.K (london) decisions to have Baal honored, might we extrapolate and should God fearing people recognize these actions as invitations to punishment?as you have proposed, the usa will/must decline. Perhaps another step in the process?

That story about the Temple of Baal being set up in New York doesn't really surprise me Chris, since Baal is the god of the Freemasons. As I pointed in a post from a few years back, the name of the Freemason's god is given in the Royal Arch degree as "Jahbulon", which can be translated as "I am Baal, the father of all". http://unveilingtheapocalypse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/synagogue-of-satan.html So there are already thousands of temples to Baal erected throughout the world in the form of Masonic lodges. And yes, this definitely invites chastisement.

I have a quick question to get your opinion on (off topic again, sorry!), and one that you may likely have already answered in a previous blog post, but I couldn't readily find it if you have.

The question is regarding Fatima and whether certain of Sr. Lucia's remarks mean that the Chastisement is no longer conditional, but is now a prophecy kind of set in stone.

I'll quote this little part from Desmond Birch's book:

"Nine years before that in 1929, Our Lady had asked for the collegial consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart, promising that is would be a sign of Russia's conversion. But when the consecration was not made at that time, Our Lord told Sr. Lucia that is would eventually be accomplished, but: "It will be too late; Russia will already have spread her errors throughout the world (From Martin's edition of Lucia's Memoirs, Porto, 1973, Page 465, Quoted from Akita, p. 63.)

After the collegial consecration made by the Pope in 1984, Lucia said: "The consecration will have an effect, but it is too late." (I unfortunately don't have a proper citation for this quote, so its validity is more dubious).

So, in light of what Our Lady and Our Lord told Sr. Lucia, does this mean that the Chastisement will take place now no matter how people on Earth act i.e. that it is no longer conditional, but a sure thing, a "done deal" as it's put? Perhaps is the proper implication that people are just too far gone now that they don't have the global capacity to turn to the Immaculate Heart, pray the rosary, and attend First Saturdays Masses in reparation?

I've been (possibly kind of foolishly perhaps) labouring under the idea that the Chastisement was still conditional, but is that simply no longer true, even if it was at one point? I realize that individuals converting to Our Lady's Immaculate Heart, praying the rosary, etc., will always do good in the world, and may still lessen the degree or length of the Chastisement by some degree, but is in view of these quotes from Sr. Lucia is the Chastisement now completely unavoidable?

So, here's an idea that kinda plays into Jason's question. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently (maybe too much).

The Year of Mercy ends on November 20, 2016. This coincides with the exact date when Jupiter enters the “womb” of the constellation Virgo. This is a striking coincidence, if it’s a coincidence at all. And remember Christ’s words to St. Faustina: “Speak to the world about My mercy ... It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fountain of My mercy.” (Diary 848)

On September 23, 2017, Jupiter will exit the “womb” of Virgo.

October 13, 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun.

On September 23, 2017, Revelation 12:1-5 is fulfilled, as the woman clothed with the sun and with a crown of 12 stars is visible in the constellation Virgo.

2029 is the 100th anniversary of Sr. Lucia receiving the “like the king of France” message.

Now, add Revelation 6.

The second horseman of the apocalypse is war. We have that now. The U.S. has been involved in conflict since 2001, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight (realistically speaking). This is a different kind of war than we’ve experienced historically, given that there are no massive armies on set-piece battlefields, but it’s war just the same.

The third horseman is interesting. If my ideas on economics are correct, it could easily be seen as a day’s wages for a kilo of wheat or barley. Most people say the third horseman is famine, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a famine caused by crop failure. It could easily be a man-made famine, as Stalin and Mao proved were very possible.

The fourth horseman is death, and only 75% of the global population survives. This could be a combination of pestilence, war and famine (man-made in the beginning, but natural as the wars and pestilence increase).

So, into this sequence of events…

With the end of the Year of Mercy, we reach the beginning of the judgement Christ about to St. Faustina. The economic third horseman is unleashed, and shortly after the fourth as well. This lasts while Jupiter is in the “womb”, so things would be pretty bad by late September or early October of next year, with large numbers of people dead because of the actions of the horsemen. But then comes a second Miracle of the Sun –with the woman clothed with the sun – and thereby the restoration of the Church between September 23, 2017, and October 13, 2017. And that would be a great miracle to happen in such a short space of time and with the restoration partially caused by the chastisement of the horsemen.

After that, we’re afforded a brief period of peace, into which is inserted the antichrist. By 2029, well, you know the rest…

Does this follow your thinking Emmett? Does it make any sense at all?

What I’ve never been clear on is where the trumpets and seals fit into this kind of thing. Do they run concurrently? I do get the impression that the Woman and the beasts run concurrently, and I think Emmett has said that some have already happened.

Anon (Chris?) - Yes, that blog is pretty decent, but they do see what they expect in the headlines. There are still some things to be done. The IMF hasn't cast its full weight into the fight yet. They have a few more tricks up their sleeves.

Obama is meeting with Mr. Yellen this afternoon in an unscheduled meeting. The FOMC is also meeting today - also unscheduled. Odds are, they're going to tell us how great evertying is.

Listen for a couple of things. Watch out for the word "derivatives". The more you hear it, the closer we are. Deutsche Bank is the new Lehman, so the more you hear about that, the worse the news. The Chinese credit and housing bubbles are also something to listen for. The signs of the end may well be Saudi Arabia de-pegging the Rial from the Dollar. Listen for governments just giving people money (it's often called "helicopter money", as in, money dropped from a helicopter - figuratively speaking). They will likely drop the helicopter money before the disaster begins, but they may do it too late - it's hard to say.

I assume we have about 6 months left. November or December this year is about the time to look for, but if I'm right in my previous comment, then look for late November.

Mark WI found your post regarding the constellations -- Jupiter entering the womb of Virgo on Nov 20 2016 - the last day of the Year of Mercy -- to be very insightful.(your thoughts on what this means) I think you're probably correct -- regarding economic collapse/major problems and societal problems -- death - as being correct. BUT I think the time-line, though, is longer. I think these issues will be stretched out over 5-10 years. I think, possibly, we may have things BEGIN in 2017 -- which will stretch out over the 2020's. Events re: serious economic problems and or a major event or two in 2017 -- along with possibly the reunification of the Church in 2017 -- I think after 2017 things continue to deteriorate. Leading to the 3 warnings (spoken about in Medj) in which God touches the hearts and minds of every human on earth -- giving them moments (months -- a year or two) to make their choice to walk toward Him or continue down the path of darkness. And then man made and God allowed chastisements occur (within them -- the martyrdom/crucifixion of the Church and all good christians still standing for morality and Christs teachings -- in 2029 and after) -- followed by the last 3 secrets -- major chastisements in the 2030's. The end of which brings in the complete fulfillment of Fatima - the Triumph of the Immaculate heart of Mary. It would seem fitting that - possibly 2017 marks the end of the 100 year reign that satan has had. But, that's just a thought I (and others) feel that 2017 could mark. But if that is so -- then that means the first secret (warning) spoken about in Medjugorje -- would occur in 2017. Because our Lady has told the 6 seers in Medj that when the first secret occurs it will mark the end of the time satan has been given (the 100 years). What is blatantly obvious is that the Year of Mercy being in 2016 right before the 100th year anniversary of Fatima 2017, could not possibly be just coincidence that it is happening now. It has to be part of God's plan regarding this time and everything our Lady has been preparing us for. We are, it seems, almost at the end of what our Lady calls "the time of grace" -- the time where its kind of "quiet" -- before the Lord really begins getting everyone's attention. United in PrayerMichael Patrick

MarkI am familiar with the blog but that was not my post.you might find this interesting howeverIt looks as if the 19th of april this will occur-------Fast forward to the first week of 2016 and China is warning foreign banks that they must participate in Yuan-based gold price fixing or lose their Chinese gold import rights. This first-ever Chinese benchmark is set to launch in April of this year and could be a game-changer for gold prices moving forward.---------

We'll see. I don't doubt that the Chinese have the idea of backing the Yuan with gold, but I can't see them announcing it early to anybody. It would cause a massive systemic shock to the global economy, and it would initially be bad for them as well. Most people think the gold backing would be after the crisis hits - a reaction rather than an action. And I have seen projections from economists that say gold would have to be priced as high as $50k per ounce.

But when you look at this stuff, keep one thing in mind. The price of gold never fluctuates. The prices of the currencies change, but gold is a static store of wealth. The question isn't how much gold can you buy for a dollar, but how many dollars do you get for that bit of gold. Gold should be seen as a static store of wealth.

But it is fascinating that April 19th turned up again in this story, isn't it?

I saw The Remnant article, but no, that's not where I saw it first. The first time I saw it was on a YouTube video by Antonio Yague. Then I went back and verified Yague's astronomy. I don't agree with a lot of Yague's conclusions - he leans on Garabandal, and I'm not a believer in that, and he seems to follow British Israelism, which I don't think anyone accepts since Victorian times.

But his astronomical observations are dead on, and his videos predate Patrick Archbold by more than 18 months.

St. Ignatius became the third bishop of Antioch, succeeding St. Evodius, who was the immediate successor of St. Peter. He heard St. John preach when he was a boy and knew St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. Seven of his letters written to various Christian communities have been preserved. Eventually, he received the martyr's crown as he was thrown to wild beasts in the arena.

"Consider how contrary to the mind of God are the heterodox in regard to the grace of God which has come to us. They have no regard for charity, none for the widow, the orphan, the oppressed, none for the man in prison, the hungry or the thirsty. They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not admit that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, the flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in His graciousness, raised from the dead."

"Letter to the Smyrnaeans", paragraph 6. circa 80-110 A.D.

I have no taste for the food that perishes nor for the pleasures of this life. I want the Bread of God which is the Flesh of Christ, who was the seed of David; and for drink I desire His Blood which is love that cannot be destroyed."

-"Letter to the Romans", paragraph 7, circa 80-110 A.D.

This food we call the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake except one who believes that the things we teach are true, and has received the washing for forgiveness of sins and for rebirth, and who lives as Christ handed down to us. For we do not receive these things as common bread or common drink; but as Jesus Christ our Savior being incarnate by God's Word took flesh and blood for our salvation, so also we have been taught that the food consecrated by the Word of prayer which comes from him, from which our flesh and blood are nourished by transformation, is the flesh and blood of that incarnate Jesus."

The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists frequently attack this doctrine as "unbiblical," but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23–29; and, most forcefully, John 6:32–71).

The early Church Fathers interpreted these passages literally. In summarizing the early Fathers’ teachings on Christ’s Real Presence, renowned Protestant historian of the early Church J. N. D. Kelly, writes: "Eucharistic teaching, it should be understood at the outset, was in general unquestioningly realist, i.e., the consecrated bread and wine were taken to be, and were treated and designated as, the Savior’s body and blood" (Early Christian Doctrines, 440). .............................

I am usually extremely wary of date-setting, but I have to admit that Mark W., Michael Patrick, Chris, and Sam all put forward pretty compelling arguments.

Like you Michael Patrick, I tend to think that the 100 years began with the date of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima... the fact that it was exactly 33 years to the day prior, on October 13, 1884, that Leo XIII had his vision, the same number of years of Our Lord's life on Earth from the Incarnation to His Crucifixion, is just too precise to be a coincidence, so there must be some connection, and the most likely one seems to me to be the timing of the 100 years.

I also think Communism, as well as atheistic/neo-paganist Fascism, to be Satan's biggest "successes" on Earth thus far in terms of the sheer numbers of souls led to damnation, and contributing to the mass martyrdom of clergy throughout the 20th century which really began shortly after the Miracle of the Sun, both in the nascent Soviet Union and Mexico, later in Spain during the civil war, and, of course, the Second World War and continuing in Communist countries right up to the present day in places like N. Korea).

For the sake of my little ones more than anything I hope that the Chastisement isn't coming for a long time yet, but it's hard to not see it coming much, much sooner. But the sooner it comes, the sooner the return of Our Lord, so it also fills me with hope, even knowing what we as a people will need to suffer between now and then.

Yes, you are right in stating that Sr. Lucia had stated that it was already too late in 1984 Jason. However according to the alleged words of Pope John Paul II at Fulda (which appears to be proven legitimate by the details of the 1944 Tuy apparition), while we can no longer avert this chastisement, we can still pray that it will be mitigated:

"With your and my prayer it is possible to mitigate this tribulation, but it is no longer possible to avert it, because only thus can the Church be effectively renewed. How many times has the renewal of the Church sprung from blood! This time, too, it will not be otherwise. We must be strong and prepared, and trust in Christ and His Mother, and be very, very assiduous in praying the Rosary."

Yeah, the scenario you described does make sense Mark W. But for the short term at least, I'm more optimistic. My research suggests that the opening of the seven seals and the appearance of the four horsemen is part of the unbinding of Satan at the end of the Millennium. Just as the opening of the seven seals sends the whole events of the Apocalypse into motion, the unbinding of Satan at the end of the Millennium provides a similar catalyst for the wars and apostasy of the last days. And I have amassed a wealth of evidence to indicate that the unbinding of Satan is to be equated with the period of greater power seen by Pope Leo XIII. So I believe that the famine accompanying the third horseman is exactly one and the same as the man-made famine introduced by Stalin. Also, the exact wording is that all the horsemen together will be given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, pestilence and "wild beasts" (i.e. the apocalyptic "creatures" seen in Rev 8-9, which corresponds to modern military technology). This doesn't necessarily mean that they will destroy a quarter of the earth's population, just merely that they are given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill by these means (which correspond to each of the attributes of the horsemen themselves). The four horsemen are then once again restrained to allow for the sealing of the 144,000 (which represents the conversion of the Jews at the end of the period of peace), symbolised by the four angels holding back the four winds of the earth so that nothing will be further harmed. After the conversion of the Jews/sealing of the 144,000, the four horsemen will be allowed to harm the earth once again:

"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." (Rev 7:1-3)

Interesting, Emmett. So, the horsemen and the seals are behind us? I seem to remember seeing something about that elsewhere on your blog, now that you mention it. It must have slipped my (feeble) mind.

How do you read the "restoration of the Church"? I'd always assumed that would be a massive revival of interest and a reversion to a more...how shall I say it..."reverent", form of worship? But do you think it could be just the restoration of the Latin and Orthodox churches instead? That would be a pretty fundamental difference from what I was thinking.

Oh, and I ran some rough numbers (very rought). About a quarter of the worlds population was under communist control in the 1980's (I looked at 1982 in particular). It's a tough number to nail down, but it looks like about 25%.

Some translations say "survive" the 4th horseman, not be "under the control" of them. I'm not sure about the Greek version, but I can check that when I get home.

Do you think "under the control" is a better way to look at it than mere "survival"?

Once you have taken into consideration the further evidence I've came across to support my earlier hypothesis concerning the opening of the seven seals, I am almost sure you will agree. To me, it is quite compelling. So yes, it seems at least the first five seals are behind us. But we are told that there is another persecution which must take place beyond this, since the blood of the victims of the four horsemen cries to God for vengeance, only to be told that they must wait until the rest of their brethren meet the same fate after the time of peace, during the persecution of the Antichrist.

"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. (Rev 6:9-11)

To me, I hope the restoration of the Church will also involve the reintroduction of Latin into the Mass, to bring about the "re-enchantment of the liturgy". I think this would be an amazing thing to behold. First and foremost though, I would assume the restoration of the Church involves the reintegration of the lapsed laity into the fold, followed by the reconciliation of the Great Schism. Among Protestants, prophecy seems to indicate that the Anglican Church will once again be restored to communion, but beyond this, any Protestant churches not within genuine apostolic succession are the five foolish virgins without oil in their lamps, who will have the door to heaven shut in their face.

I looked up the Greek, and can't remember off-hand, but to paraphrase, it correctly reads something like "authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth". I took this to mean by land mass rather than population, but really wouldn't know where to begin to calculate the total land area of the countries involved in both world wars; and I think for the sake of practicality, this would be too time-consuming to investigate any further. Feel free to do the math yourself though!

Hey Emmett, good idea. I just looked up the Soviet Union land mass, and it was about 1/6 of the world's land mass. Not sure if it was that big during ww2, but still, 1/6th of the world for just one of the ww2 powers is quite significant.

1. Literal - of any way of depriving a person of life. a) of natural life, b) of true spiritual life2. Figurative - to put to death.

The reference for Rev 6:8 notes definition 1.

So it's not depriving of land, but a literal taking of life - either physical or spiritual (or both, I suppose).

And it's a fourth of the earth - landmass - not population. The word γῆς is used. My lexicon (Arndt and Gingrich) doesn't have a notation for Rev 6:8 specifically, but the meaning is EARTH. There are no subtle subtexts that can be contrived to mean population or anything like it.

I don't or won't usually recommend a video to watch, but I really implore anyone and everyone, especially any who may have a devotion to the Divine Mercy, please watch the following video if you can spare the time and have the inclination:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FESJ_2fjg

It is posted by the K of C Supreme Council YouTube Channel and is entitled "St. Faustina and the Image of Divine Mercy". It is a one-talk on, well, I'll just paste the description: "On March 2, 2016 Sr. Gaudia Skass of the Congregations of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy was the guest speaker at St. Mary's Church in New Haven. She spoke about the life of St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy message."

Sr. Skaas in of the same order as St. Sr. Faustina, and I am halfway through watching it but had to stop and pause it just to come here to post a recommendation, that's how filled with the Holy Spirit I filled after listening to just half the talk so far.

It seems like one of those talks that could change a person's soul forever more strongly toward God given the right circumstance and person (and I am hoping I might be one of those). I just can't really recommend it anymore, or enough.

Emmett, this comment regards your last post. I am only commenting here because I was not sure if you look at comments from posts gone by. Regarding Our Lord asking France to be consecrated to Jesus, I was reading about the life of Saint Louis de Monfort. He was born at about the same time as when Saint Margaret Mary lived. Saint Louis developed the ideas for the consecration to Jesus through Mary in his written works of The Secret of Mary and True Devotion to Mary. I find it more than interesting that while Saint Louis de Montfort developed these ideas and wrote about them in France, it was largely lost upon the King of France and some of the French clergy because Father Montfort suffered derision from fellow priests. Sadly, we know the outcome of the lack of consecration to Jesus in France. Today, Saint Louis de Montfort's formula for the 33 day consecration to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary is more popular than ever. I highly recommend it anyone. Consecration to the Immaculate Heart fulfills what Our Lady asked at Fatima....I wish to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart. So in essence I just wanted to comment that Saint Louis de Monfort's writing were pertinent in his time as well as ours today. Thanks, Mary

Did anybody here catch what Pope Francis just said about the "polite persecution" of today's secularism? This part of the quote really stood out to me:

"[this polite persecution was created by someone]... Jesus named him: the ruler of this world. When powers want to impose attitudes, laws that go against the dignity of the Son of God, they persecute Christians and go against he will of God the Creator. This is the great apostasy"

So he says that Satan is the head of this movement, and he says that this is THE great apostasy. Not AN apostasy. But THE. Wow.

Yes Gregory. I have a lot more evidence to support this in the upcoming revised version of my book. The biggest threat this presents us lies in the future though, as AI technology becomes more advanced, and how it will be exploited during the actual reign of the Antichrist.

Something interesting from the economics front. And a date we've heard before is being mentioned.

April 19.

Even Reuters has picked-up on the idea that China may announce a gold backed Yuan on the 19th; on the same day that the Temple of Baal will open in London, and on the important day for occult worshippers (I'm not sure that's the best term). Or, they could be setting up a connection between interbank settlement systems that would lead to a gold backed Yuan.

Obama met with Yellen on Monday in a very rare and secret meeting on Monday. The FOMC also met earlier on Monday in another rare and unscheduled meeting. And there was a second meeting later in the week that was equally rare. All these meetings mean that something big could be afoot.

Tuesday might be quite interesting. I do think they'll hold the economic system together until late fall or early winter, but Tuesday could be quite interesting indeed.

Thanks for sharing that information about St. Louis de Montfort Mary, I wasn't aware of the contemporary hardships he faced among fellow priests.I missed Pope Francis' comments about the Great Apostasy KP, thanks for flagging them up. There is some disagreement about whether the correct terminology for the Great Apostasy should be used solely for that which will take place during the Antichrist, or whether it can also be applied to where we stand at the present, which is the stage immediately before the restoration of the Church. This is why some Catholics have posited a different "minor apostasy" which must take place before the Great Apostasy itself. The more I think about it, this is all just semantics, and the Great Apostasy is all part and parcel of the same package. The period of the Great Apostasy began with sexual revolution of the 1960's, and it will have a brief interlude during the period of peace, before being continued shortly thereafter during the reign of the Antichrist. The main difference between both periods will be in the respective measures that will be taken up against those who refuse to renounce their beliefs.

Sister Lucia: “Final Confrontation between the Lord and Satan will be over Family and Marriage.

Rorate Caeli has released a translation of a remarkable interview, originally published in 2008, with Cardinal Carlo Caffara of Bologna. In it, he references correspondence he had with Sister Lucia, the principle visionary of Our Lady at Fatima:

Q. There is a prophecy by Sister Lucia dos Santos, of Fatima, which concerns “the final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan”. The battlefield is the family. Life and the family. We know that you were given charge by John Paul II to plan and establish the Pontifical Institute for the Studies on Marriage and the Family.

>Yes, I was. At the start of this work entrusted to me by the Servant of God John Paul II, I wrote to Sister Lucia of Fatima through her Bishop as I couldn’t do so...........

Emmett, a link on Spiritdaily's website today: "Did Apple really use satanic symbols intentionally?" leads to a 10 min. youtube by somebody named Vigilant Christian who asserts that the "Illuminati" are behind Apple products. The video can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBA40K_E3L0

The assertions in the video seem to lend support your thesis that the www is the mark of the beast.

I'm wondering if you put any store in the concept of some "Illuminati" group being behind the web?

“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” ― Woodrow Wilson, 1913

I think the term Illuminati can be used to describe an organization similar to what Wilson was referring to over 100 years ago. In so far as this sort of organization has control over so many different aspects of business, commerce and such, then yes, it's possible to say that they control the WWW, or are behind it in some way. But the web would be a very small portion of what such a group would control. I really think you can blur the definitions of "freemasonry" and "illuminati" into a single concept.

I think you comments Mark W. are very astute regarding Freemasonry. It has not gone away, and neither have the condemnations by the Church, yet because the Church may have largely have said all they needed to, Catholics aren't aware of the very real threat that the Magesterium has recognized them to be, and Freemasonry certainly hasn't gone away (anyone who remembers my own tale of incredibly forceful attempts at getting me to join them once I started work at the Bank of Montreal will have gotten a first-hand account).

It seems like so many Saints, Blesseds, and Venerables who have made predictions about the current apostasy, the Great Monarch and Angelic Shepherd, the war and following age of peace, have also made many allusions to the hidden or secret enemy working tirelessly against the efforts of the Church; Freemasonry to me seems to be the only organization that seems to fit the bill in the writings of the aforementioned seers and visionaries.

Veritas - I saw that clip on Spirit Daily. If you're asking if I think some elite Masonic group are responsible for deliberately manufacturing the www into conforming to the prophecy of the number of the beast, I think it is a distinct possibility, even if there is no "smoking gun". I always thought it was interesting to note that the motto of the Bohemian Club is "Weaving spiders come not here". Either way, I'm convinced that Freemasonry is the fulfilment of the prophecy of the forces of Satan surrounding the camp of the saints at the end of the "thousand years" in Rev 20, and that this was the significance of Pope Leo's vision, when he saw a host of demons converging upon Rome.

I'm curious, but have you heard about the enthronement of Satan that Malachi Martin talked about? I'm curious if you think it actually happened. I'm not a big fan of Fr. Martin, and find him a very unreliable source, but in this instance, I wonder if he might not have struck upon something real.

A recreation of the Roman Triumphal Arch that stood in Palmyra, Syria has been the focus of controversy, and rightfully so. A cryptic section of the Talmud describes the rebuilding of just such an arch as the precursor to Messiah from the House of David.

Jewish Prophecy Predicts Temple of Ba’al Arch in London Will Bring Messiah

Martin states that the Enthronement of Lucifer occurred June 29, 1963 and elsewhere he stated that the follow-up Enthronement of Lucifer must be performed at the Vatican WITHIN 50 YEARS of that date, which would have been June 29, 2013, I believe. In other words, shortly after Jorge Bergoglio took over the Vatican

To Anonymous,This idea that Lucifer was enthroned in the Vatican is really ludicrous. I'm amazed that any Catholic could believe this nonsense. Remember the promise of Jesus. " The gates of hell will not prevail against my holy church". And as for Martin I would not believe anything he had to say. And remember pope Francis was elected just like all of his predecessors by the conclave of Cardinals under the auspices of the Holy Spirit. Emmet what is your take on this?

a former nazi soldier becomes pope on a day we are discovering as interesting ---APRIL 19THhas a black king and a bear put on his coat of arms--perhaps a hint of the future

there is more

which pope said the devil has entered the vatican??

But now, thanks to the release by the Holy See of an official bulletin titled “Acta Apostolicae Sedis,” it has been confirmed that the papal conclave that elected Pope Francis March 13 heard a message, immediately before the voting, from a senior cardinal dealing directly with the threat of “The Smoke of Satan” descending on the Vatican itself.

The meditation about “that which Christ wants from his Church” was delivered by Maltese Prosper Grech, an 87-year-old Augustinian who could not participate in the vote. After his meditation, reports the Catholic online newsletter Chiesa, he left the Sistine Chapel.

He prefaced his remarks by saying: “I have no intention of making the identikit of the new pope, and much less of presenting a plan of action for the future pontiff. This very delicate task belongs to the Holy Spirit, who in recent decades has gifted us with a series of excellent holy pontiffs. My intention is that of drawing from Scripture some reflections to help us understand what Christ wants from his Churc

In a section of the meditation titled “Smoke of Satan in the Church,” Grech said: “The evil spirit of the world, the ‘mysterium iniquitatis’ (2 Thes 2:7), constantly strives to infiltrate the Church. Moreover, let us not forget the warning of the prophets of ancient Israel not to seek alliances with Babylon or with Egypt, but to follow a pure policy ‘ex fide’ trusting solely in God (cf. Is 30:1; 31:1-3; Hos 12:2) and in his covenant. Courage! Christ relieves our minds when he exclaims: ‘Have trust, I have overcome the world’ (Jn 16:33).”

In March 2010, Father Gabriele Amorth, the chief Vatican exorcist, told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: “The devil resides in the Vatican and you can see the consequences. He can remain hidden, or speak in different languages, or even appear to be sympathetic. At times he makes fun of me. But I’m a man who is happy in his work.”

He added the evil influence of Satan was evident in the highest ranks of the Catholic hierarchy, with “cardinals who do not believe in Jesus and bishops who are linked to the demon.”

Has anyone noticed the very recent spike in large earthquakes in the Ring of Fire?

Wednesday, April 13: Magnitude 6.9 earthquake in MyanmarThursday, April 14: Magnitude 5.9 earthquake in PhilippinesThursday, April 14: Magnitude 6.0 earthquake off of VanuatuThursday, April 14: Magnitude 6.5 earthquake in JapanThursday, April 14: Magnitude 5.5 in ChileThursday, April 14: Magnitude 5.8 off the coast of RussiaThursday, April 14: Magnitude 6.4 aftershock in JapanFriday, April 15: Magnitude 6.2 off the coast of GuatemalaFriday, April 15: Magnitude 7.4 in JapanSaturday, April 16: Magnitude 7.8 in EcuadorSunday, April 17: Magnitude 6.1 near Tonga

Granted, there have been many earthquakes of 8 or even 9 magnitude throughout history, and a few 8's in the past few years. Although these earthquakes haven't been as big, the sheer number of them in such a short time seems noteworthy. Is the earth starting to move about like a drunk? Is the earth groaning in labor pains? Scientists fear this may lead to 'the Big One': http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/661052/SCIENTISTS-fear-the-Big-One-is-COMING-as-four-major-earthquakes-strike-in-48-hours

Hopefully it passes, but it's hard to believe this is coincidence. Perhaps a warning to repent before the Biblical earthquakes occur.

Chris, there are holy people born on April 20 which would include the recently deceased Mother Angelica, the foundress of Eternal Word Television Network, a global Catholic media company. Chris, I don't know if you are from the United States, but April 19th is the anniversary of a tragic event...the bombing of a federal bldg. in Oklahoma City, OK by a gulf war veteran. April 20 is the anniversary of school shootings in Littleton, CO and some other horrid mass killings. April 20 is also a day in CO where they celebrate smoking marijuana....yuck. Also for what it's worth here is a passage from the book called the life of Anne Catherine Emmerich vol. 2 page 115 "Take note, thou wilt shed thy blood with thy Lord not on the ecclesiastical, but on the real anniversary of His death." Good Friday of this year fell on April 20th. The Pilgrim records: "What has never before happened since Sister Emmerich has had the stigmata, occurred today. Her wounds bled not, although it is Good Friday, and for the last few days they have even wholly disappeared, a circumstance for which she cannot account."

Anthony - as the old saying goes, Christ guaranteed that the forces of darkness would not prevail against his Church, but he didn't say they wouldn't try.

Martin is an odd figure. He was certainly in a place to have known certain information, and that may be what he used to create his books. Whether any of it is true, is certainly doubtful at best. But in ever lie or exaggeration like this, I think there is a strong grain of truth. No one has said that the pope - any pope - supported anything like the enthronement. Even Martin didn't say that. He did say that there was a cardinal that did it, and if you think about it, the story of Bugnini's connection with freemasonry is enough to give a name or two that might be willing to try.

Do I think such an enthronement might have played out as Martin suggested? Doubtful at best. Do I think that someone might have tried to do it? I think it within the realm of possibilities, though perhaps not what I'd call probable. That's why I asked the original question. Was someone out there dumb enough to try it? I think that possible, yes.

But think on this a moment. If you'd asked me 35 years ago if I thought I'd be writing these words and thinking so much about this subject, and perhaps living in the most significant age of human history since the Crucifixion, I would have thought that outside even the realm of possibilities and laughed heartily at the idea.

And to be perfectly blunt about it - Martin was a Jesuit, so everything he ever said has to be considered suspect until proven true.

Firstly, please don't take my responses as a personal attack. My typing comes out more harshly than i think and i don't spell chech so excuse the errors.That said any new voice is welcome as you will find out this forum is very well informed and the shared ideas are wonderful..I will expound on the april 19 and 20 news over time but i will have to find the info.My thought was to show a correlation to a freemasonry control of actions as a prerequisite for the action to occur. It seems odd until viewed. I will find and post. The hitler birth date was the thing that brought the discoverer to search the dates. I agree that good things have happed as well.

I have the books i will try and post some evidence when possible.

Mark----Now that you mention it , i think you be correct. THe source is the same, i am unsure of the jewish body's identification.

I don't know what to make of Martin's "enthronement of Satan" allegations. As you say Mark W, he is quite an odd being. I certainly don't give any credence to the idea that the papacy has been corrupted by the Devil. But the Church has certainly been under a new form of Satanic attack since the 1960's, and the fruit of the sexual revolution has been the current apostasy we are enduring.

And you must address Archbishop Emmanuel Millago in 1996 who says there is satanic activity in vatican.

John paul 11 must fight super force which seems to be a satanic papal force in the vatican

Paul vi---smoke of sain entered the church

pope leo xiii devil says i can destroy your church--------33 years to the day later ---miracle of the sun at fatima

vatican ii---the start of the fall of the catholic organization

you have documented la salette and its papal warnings

I think martin is the least of people alerting the sheep to their blind belief in a masonic controled media.

Personally i found it interesting that the president obama-- a christian hating , enabler of anti christian activity in america and around the world, anti israel, lights up with his love of francis.. such a wonderful coincidence of a new papal choice who champions climate change and alien certainty.

I think calling the Pope a former "nazi" soldier is at best a mischaracterization. If visiting Germany, I would strongly caution anyone from casually bestowing the term of "nazi" on any German that happened to live under that brutal regime between 1933 and 1945. You won't get nearly as polite a response as I've given here, I can most assuredly tell you that.

Here is an American Press story that came out to dispel this myth back when Deep South US Fundamentalist Protestants and some in the left-wing media were calling the Pope similar terms (frankly, with so many enemies of the Church knowingly using this slander, do we as Catholics really need to be doing the same when it simply isn't accurate?):

New pope defied Nazis as teen during WWIITRAUNSTEIN, Germany (AP) — Blinds drawn, windows closed, Joseph Ratzinger huddled with his father and older brother around a radio and listened to Allied radio broadcasts, volume on low.

It was a small and risky act of defiance in this conservative Bavarian village deep inside Adolf Hitler's Germany. But the father wanted his sons to know the truth about the Nazis and World War II, says Georg Ratzinger, who like his brother drew strength from the Catholic Church.

"It was strictly forbidden. Anyone who was caught would be sent to the concentration camps, so we did it secretively," Georg Ratzinger told The Associated Press. "The German news was not true and he wanted to hear from the foreign services what was really happening."

The clandestine sessions were just one of the passive acts of resistance, evasions and escapes by the future Pope Benedict XVI, whose choices then — enrolling in the Hitler Youth as required and the Army when drafted as he approached age 18 — allowed him to survive.

People who knew the Ratzingers said they were never willingly part of the Nazi machine.

Frieda Jochner, 79, who grew up in their old neighborhood and speaks with a thick, warm Bavarian accent, remembered the "Ratzinger boys" as pious and serious — Georg as the "Bavarian one" — a friendly joker — and the studious Joseph as the more shy of the two.

She said Joseph Ratzinger was so involved in his studies at the Catholic seminary that even if he had wanted to be active in the Hitler Youth, he never would have had the time.

"He was very industrious," she said, taking a break decorating the Ratzingers' childhood home with wreaths, pine boughs and ribbons.

Renate Augerer, 75, remembered the brothers from the town's school, where they were both known as being serious, scholarly, pious and kind — two Catholic priests in the making.

"He was very certainly not for Hitler," Augerer said of Joseph Ratzinger. "Absolutely not. They couldn't do anything about it. ... You can't forget the times."

Max Fiedler, 77, said he also was compelled to join the Hitler Youth when the Nazis took over the Catholic youth group he was in and merged it into their organization.

"...has a black king and a bear put on his coat of arms--perhaps a hint of the future..."

The black king is a Moor and has been a symbol of the former Bavarian diocese of Freising since the first millennium. The bear relates to a legend about St. Corbinian, an early bishop of Bavaria. While both may have additional symbolism, they are rooted in Bavarian home of Pope Benedict and appeared on his coat of arms as Archbishop of Munich.

is this a cigar?I submit that todays news hounds have anosmia as a requirement of employment.remember, this is a conservative catholic, who has lived in wartime and read the secret and is aware of whatever it is that prohibits its release.

(March 17) You will be happy to learn that the former head of the KGB (the secret police of the former Soviet Union), General Yevgeni Primakov, has been hired as a consultant by the US Department of Homeland Security. Do you think he will share his expertise in "security" to prepare US citizens for domestic internal passports under the pretense of fighting the never-ending "War on Terrorism"?

I'm certainly no expert on the topic - I am grateful for the discussions that arise from Emmett's posts - but here's my tuppence worth anyway...

1) Freemasonry is quite real and behind many of the problems in the world today, including problems in the Church.

2) Russia has already spread her errors and it's too late to stop it now. The errors in question relate to communism and socialism. Europe is riddled with the latter and apostasy is now rampant in the Western world. Consider the following old quote (1990s) attributed to Mikhail Gorbachev:

“The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western Europe.”

Socialism / communism and even Fascism are all masonic constructs and are ipso facto inimical to Christianity. Most people in the West are completely clueless as to what these "isms" actually are.

3) There is (and always has been) a certain degree of Russophobia in the West. However, prior to the revolution in 1917, Russia was definitely a positive force for good in the world. It was instrumental in the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the spreading of Christianity in central Asia and even helped President Lincoln during the civil war (the Russian fleet anchored in New York harbour in a show of force in support of President Lincoln and to warn the British and French to stay out of the conflict). The old Tsarist monarchy was deeply Christian, even if much of the nobility were decadent and degenerate. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Christian Orthodox Church has emerged and is undergoing a rebirth. Bishops are even involved in the installation ceremony for president - what chance of seeing that in the West?

4) In the end, the Latin and Greek Churches will be reunited (the two lungs of Christianity - the churches of SS Peter and Paul). I'm pretty sure that, despite the central role that the West played in the spread of Christianity during the last millennium, it has now become decadent and almost openly hostile to Christianity. I dread to think what another 50 years of political correctness and socialism will transmogrify the West into.

5) Our only real defence in all this is to attend Mass regularly, receive the sacraments as often as possible and to pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy. I have a sense of foreboding that we are rapidly running out of time…

This was from 2004/05. I am sorry the story assumed you might realize people get older and retire.

https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302870.html 16.12.2004

Why have Soviet secret service 'KGB', General Yevgeni Primakov, as well as Markus Wolfe, the ex-boss of the ''STASI'', the equally feared former East German 'State Security Police' been hired by - and for - the US Gov't.?

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share this -- just read it on Markmallett's blog -- I thinks its telling -- and kind of has to do with things I've posted on here before and that even Emmett has spoken of -- regarding things getting very bad for Christians/Catholic Church -- in the coming years (I've (as have others) referenced 2029 as a possible time when it may come to the point of martyrdom - because of Our Lord's words to Sr Lucia in 1931) -- anyway -- read below -- ponder. Pray.""In April, 2008, the French Saint, Thérèse de Lisieux, appeared in a dream to an American priest I know who sees the souls in purgatory nearly every night. Wearing a dress for her first Communion, she led him toward the church. However, upon reaching the door, he was barred from entering. She turned to him and said:

'Just as my country [France], which was the eldest daughter of the Church, killed her priests and faithful, so will the persecution of the Church take place in your own country. In a short time, the clergy will go into exile and will be unable to enter the churches openly. They will minister to the faithful in clandestine places. The faithful will be deprived of the “kiss of Jesus” [Holy Communion]. The laity will bring Jesus to them in the absence of the priests.'

This warning was audibly repeated to him recently while he was saying Mass.""(from Mark Mallett's blog and the article ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION)United in PrayerMichael Patrick

Be VERY careful with Mark Mallett. He's posted some things that are very problematic at best, and at worst an outright deception. Read his quote from St. Augustine that he says are Church fathers supporting his ideas. You'll find several elipses in the quote from Augustine. I went back to The City of God to get the full quotes, and they contradict what Mallett implies. This particular Church Father does not advocate what Mallett says he advocates.

I read through a ton of stuff before I came to the conculsion that Mallett is dangerous.

Notice also that he didn't have this vision himself. It's a priest he knows, not anyone that we can verify even exists.

Such stuff as this is highly questionable, and Mallett is no longer on my reading list as a result. He may be sincere in what he writes, but he's also dead wrong on some of his most important points.

The confusion in the Church is ubiquitous-- which again is reinforced in the final document from the Synod on the Family, The Joy of Love, penned by our current pope especially in regards to communion to the divorced and remarried. Although Cardinal Athanasius doesn't address that document (the interview was done before it was released) he nails everything that is dysfunctional in the Church articulately and and with razor sharp insight. What I find TRULY INTERESTING is his Coat of Arms. I mean, talk about the Angelic Shepherd! Emmett, please click on the link and tell me if you have any thoughts on him and his Coat of Arms! If I had any power to do so (which of course I don't), he'd definitely be my pick for the Angelic Pastor who is supposed to restore the Church after her passion to her greatest and final glory!

The Third Secret Predicts:World War III and Worse?The Fatima Crusader Interviews Father Paul Kramer

http://www.fatimacrusader.com/cr82/cr82pg11.aspIntroduction

Many Catholics remember the startlingly candid remarks of Mother Angelica on the Eternal Word Television Network concerning the vision of the Third Secret disclosed by the Vatican on June 26, 2000. Mother Angelica said to her national television audience on May 16, 2001:

As for the Secret, I happen to be one of those individuals who thinks we didn’t get the whole thing … Because I think it’s scary ...

Mother Angelica, like millions of Catholics the world over, found it hard to believe that an obscure vision of a “bishop dressed in white” hobbling past the dead bodies of bishops, priests and laity outside a half-ruined city, and then being executed by a band of soldiers, is all there is to a Secret that had been kept under lock and key by the Vatican for more than forty years. For one thing, where are the “words of the Virgin” — mentioned by the Vatican itself in its 1960 announcement suppressing the Secret — which would explain this vision? How did the Pope and his bishops end up in a situation where they were slaughtered? Is the half-ruined city none other than the devastated city of Rome from which the Pope flees over the dead bodies of his subjects, as Pius X is said to have foreseen in his own prophetic vision?

Father Paul Kramer, who has studied the facts and circumstances of the Third Secret for some thirty-five years, agrees with Mother Angelica that the Third Secret is indeed scary — and far scarier than Catholics have generally understood.

Father Kramer has concluded from his research that the Third Secret foretells much more than the apostasy in the Church that begins “at the top,” as revealed by Cardinal Ciappi, the papal theologian to five consecutive Popes, (from Pius XII to John Paul II) who read the Secret. That much was indicated clearly by what Fatima scholars unanimously agree is the beginning of the Third Secret starting with the “words of the Virgin”: “In Portugal, the dogma of the faith will always be preserved” to which Sister Lucy added “etc.” to indicate that more words of Our Lady would follow in the Third Secret.

Beyond this, says Father Kramer, the “words of the Virgin” suppressed by the Vatican in 1960 do indeed explain how the Pope comes to be executed outside the half-ruined city. That event is the culmination of a series of catastrophic events, including not only the calling of Vatican II and its being hijacked by modernist liberals within the Church structures. The Third Secret also foretold what we are now living through, namely the aftermath of Vatican II. It also foretells that World War III will possibly leave Rome in ruins. In this interview for The Fatima Crusader, Father Kramer shows how the missing words of the Virgin must complete a puzzle whose pieces are already available to us from reliable sources, including the late Pope John Paul II himself. Let the reader prayerfully consider in his heart, Father Kramer’s research into the voices of Catholic prophecy that foretell our immediate future.

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfu

look at the colors of the armenian flag which will be the flag of a chinese, sunni alliance which will unite after usa/nato attacks syria

Armenia in alliance with China and the Sunni Muslims, hmm. Surely not! Armenia is the oldest Christian country in the world, there are many ancient monasteries and they have been persecuted by their Islamic neighbours for centuries. These intelligent people are unlikely to ally with communists & muslims and take up arms against their coreligionists and fellow Caucasians in Europe or the US.

This forum, needs something to balance the Salmon of Knowledge methinks.

I'm all thumbs on this small tablet. Ergo. Mise, an Órdóg is ainm dom amach anseo!

however, that's what makes emmetts blog so wonderful. All the speculation and comparative interpretations and opinions have a place to be aired and considered.

As nato/usa pushes russia and approaches hungary thats where the line will be drawn. unfortunately, all/many of the prophets point to a devestating unification of anti us interests occuring and it seems syria will be it. This is where the mahdi and sulfani appear.

remember you heard the chinese entry and alliance here first.

chris

Our world is very close to unimmaginable change, political and geographical. I don't expect you or anyone to think it possible. But there is a comet coming to announce the changes and then we will all be unified in our prayers.,

The Eucharistic Miracle thought has recently lit a bulb in me (very unusual occurrence). It's in conjunction with something Mother Angelica said maybe 20 years ago on her show. She said a day will come when the Eucharist in every church , in every tabernacle, would 'speak' to those there. Some sort of heavenly communication. I thought, what an incredible imagination but hey, ya never know. Anyway, my recent thought re the Eucharist is that 'IT' would be the 'sign' of the Son of Man, not necessarily the cross/crucifix. That if all the truly consecrated Hosts would exude visible flesh and blood , in all the tabernacles of the world, what kind of uniting and outpouring of faith would occur worldwide!

According to Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten (German Economic News), on April 23rd, U.S. President Barack Obama is “demanding the active deployment of the Bundeswehr [Germany’s armed forces, including their Army, Navy, and Air Force] to NATO’s eastern borders” at Poland and the Baltic republics, to join the quadrupling of America’s forces there, on and near those borders of Russia. (This is an extreme violation of what Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to when he ended the Soviet Union and its NATO-mirror organization the Warsaw Pact, but it’s actually culminating a process that began shortly after he agreed to America’s terms, which included that NATO “not move one inch to the east.”) Furthermore, DWN reports that on April 25th, the U.S. President will hold a “summit meeting” in Hannover Germany with the leaders of Germany (Angela Merkel), Italy (Matteo Renzi), France (Francois Hollande), and Britain (David Cameron). The presumed objective of this meeting is to establish in NATO’s countries bordering on Russia, a military force of all five countries that are headed by these leaders, a force threatening Russia with an invasion, if NATO subsequently decides that the ‘threat from Russia’ be ‘responded to’ militarily. NATO’s surrounding Russia with hostile forces is supposedly defensive against Russia — not an offensive operation. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, America’s President JFK didn’t consider Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev’s plan to base nuclear missiles in Cuba to be ‘defensive’ on the USSR’s part — and neither does Russia’s President Vladimir Putin consider America’s far bigger operation, of surrounding Russia with such weapons, to be ‘defensive’ and not offensive. The U.S. Government, and NATO, act as if Russia is surrounding them, instead of them surrounding Russia — and their ‘news’ media transmit this lie as if it should be taken seriously, not as its being a lie; but, in actual fact, NATO has already expanded right up to Russia’s western borders..

Basically, the U.S. leadership decided to take over Ukraine, and refused to acknowledge the rights of the Crimean people to reject being conquered by the U.S. — and Russia’s leadership decided to protect them against the type of invasion that subsequently occurred in Ukraine’s former Donbass region, where the opposition to Obama’s coup was even more intense.

Any in-depth news-report about Obama’s organizing for a possible invasion of Russia, needs to deal, therefore, with the key question: What basis of ‘the West’s’ aggressive actions threatening Russia’s national security is there, other than such lies by ‘the West’? And, if there is no honest answer to it, then the only rational response by Western publics, to what Obama and his foreign allies are doing, is to recognize what is actually happening and to take action against their own leaders, before this increasingly high-stakes confrontation The closer that things are getting to a nuclear war, the more difficult becomes either side’s backing down from it — and this is especially the case with the aggressor (most especially when it falsely claims that it is being aggressed-against, and this is the reason why the lies urgently need to be exposed).

Chris you're making this forum a very difficult site to navigate (not to mention an increasingly unpleasant place to be) by blowing us away with all this junk. Just give the link to the fringe news site you want us to read instead of copying & pasting all the content. We can click and read for ourselves.

I came across this article the other day, and thought you might be interested. It is regarding the war on the family. The article itself is a couple of years old, but references the founding and goals of the National Organization for Women in the U.S. in the 60s.

Excerpt from the article:It was 1969. Kate invited me to join her for a gathering at the home of her friend, Lila Karp. They called the assemblage a "consciousness-raising-group," a typical communist exercise, something practiced in Maoist China. We gathered at a large table as the chairperson opened the meeting with a back-and-forth recitation, like a Litany, a type of prayer done in Catholic Church. But now it was Marxism, the Church of the Left, mimicking religious practice:

"Why are we here today?" she asked."To make revolution," they answered."What kind of revolution?" she replied."The Cultural Revolution," they chanted.“And how do we make Cultural Revolution?" she demanded."By destroying the American family!" they answered."How do we destroy the family?" she came back."By destroying the American Patriarch," they cried exuberantly."And how do we destroy the American Patriarch?” she replied."By taking away his power!""How do we do that?""By destroying monogamy!" they shouted."How can we destroy monogamy?"

Their answer left me dumbstruck, breathless, disbelieving my ears. Was I on planet earth? Who were these people?

They proceeded with a long discussion on how to advance these goals by establishing The National Organization of Women. It was clear they desired nothing less than the utter deconstruction of Western society. The upshot was that the only way to do this was "to invade every American institution. Every one must be permeated with ‘The Revolution’": The media, the educational system, universities, high schools, K-12, school boards, etc.; then, the judiciary, the legislatures, the executive branches and even the library system.

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As part of research for my book Unveiling the Apocalypse: Prophecy in Catholic Tradition, I studied the Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic languages before graduating in 2006 with First Class honours. My book is the product of around ten years of original research. This blog is intended as a means of supplementing the material presented in the book by providing relevant up-to-date information.